The Lady in Dignity

The Lady in Dignity is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-sun, Kim Sun-ah, Jung Sang-hoon with Lee Tae-im and Lee Ki-woo. The series aired on cable network JTBC on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (KST) time slot from June 16 to August 19, 2017. It became one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history.

Synopsis
The story of an elegant Cheongdam-dong woman named Woo Ah-jin (Kim Hee-sun), who relished a life of luxury by marrying a quasi-chaebol son, until Park Bok-ja (Kim Sun-ah) walks into her life.

Main

 * Kim Hee-sun as Woo Ah-jin
 * A cheerful, elegant and charismatic woman who married into a rich family, but hit rock bottom after her husband's betrayal.


 * Kim Sun-a as Park Bok-ja
 * A cool and unfazeable woman who climbs her way up the social totem pole despite coming from a small village.


 * Jung Sang-hoon as Ahn Jae-suk
 * Youngest son of Ahn Tae-dong and also Ah-jin's cheating husband.


 * Lee Tae-im as Yoon Sung-hee
 * Ji-hoo's sexy art teacher who is overwhelmed with greed for fame and honor. She betrays Ah-jin who helped her into the art world and cheats with her husband Jae-suk.


 * Lee Ki-woo as Kang Ki-ho
 * A coma patient turned lawyer. He had feeling toward Ah-jin and willing to help her either with her father-in-law's business or her divorce process

People around Ah-jin

 * Yoo Seo-jin as Cha Ki-ok
 * Lee Hee-jin as Kim Hyo-joo
 * Jung Da-hye as Oh Kyung-hee
 * Oh Yeon-ah as Baek Joo-kyung
 * Moon Hee-kyung as Mrs. Geum, Ah-Jin's mother
 * Choi Yoon-so as Heo Jin-hee, Ah-jin's assistant

People around Jae-suk

 * Kim Yong-gun as Ahn Tae-dong, Jae-suk's father
 * Seo Jeong-yeon as Park Joo-mi, Ahn Jae-goo's wife
 * Han Jae-young as Ahn Jae-goo, Jae-suk's brother
 * Oh Na-ra as Ahn Jae-hee, Jae-suk's sister
 * Yoon Sa-bong as Yoon-su,
 * Lee Chae-mi as Ahn Ji-hoo, Ah-jin and Jae-suk's daughter
 * Lee Geon-woo as Ahn Woon-kyu, Park Joo-mi and Ahn Jae-goo's son

Extended

 * Song Young-gyu as Jang Sung-soo, a plastic surgeon
 * Kim Bub-rae as Seo Moon-tak, who owns a hotel group
 * Chae Dong-hyun as Kim Bong-shik, Kyung Hee's husband
 * Hwang Hyo-eun as Chun Bang-soon, a friend of Park Bok-Ja
 * Jo Sung-yoon as Goo Bong-chul, a personal trainer
 * Lee Jung-eun as Gook Sun-young, Ki Ho's secretary
 * Song Tae-yoon as Choi Ki-seok, Hyo-Joo's boyfriend
 * Seo Kyung-hwa as Mrs. Jo, the housekeeper
 * Yoon Ye-in as Kyung San-daek
 * So Hee-jung as Oh Poong-sook, a restaurant owner
 * Park Jin-woo as Mr. Park, Head of Department
 * Lee Young-hoon as Mr. Kim, the lawyer
 * Lee Kan-hee as Madam Kwak
 * Kim Sun-bin as Han Min-ki
 * Baek Seung-hoon as Bodyguard
 * Baek Bo-ram as Se-hee
 * Jeon Soo-kyeong as Director Seo
 * Jun Hun-tae as Detective Lee
 * Park Hoon

Special appearances

 * Ryu Seung-soo as Ah-jin's father
 * Jung Yu-mi as Client (Episode 6)
 * Yoon So-yi as Fishmonger (Episode 20)

Reception
The Lady in Dignity is one of JTBC's highest rated drama with a single episode rating of 12.065%. Culture critic Jung Duk-hyun says that the drama is not just a soap opera about couples' affairs, but a "social drama" where the two women's confrontation symbolizes the power and class structures of the society.

Due to its popularity, JTBC did a rerun of the series from October 2–6, 2017 with four-episode marathon per day starting from 7:00 (KST).

Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.


 * This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).